Movie review thread...
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<p><em>Cowboys and Aliens</em></p>
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<p>I had seen the last half of this before, but saw it on Netflix and decided to watch all of it.</p>
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<p>Not a bad concept actually. A little loose in points, but James Bond does a decent enough American accent and brings the ice-cold stare nicely. </p>
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<p>Its a good movie to help explain the stupidity in relying on ballistic firearms over melee weapons in an alien/zombie scenario.</p>
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<p>2.5 Olivia Wilde's out of 5.</p> -
<p>If it had been more of this, it would have rated 6 Olivia Wilde's out of 5.</p>
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<p>Get fucked all you fluffybunnys.....</p>
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<p><span style="font-size:8px;">yes I meant Romeo and Juliet but Shakespeare in Love is equally sht</span></p>
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<p>Piss off. Shakespeare in Love was a great movie. Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Colin Firth as the villain, even a young Ben Affleck...I'll forgive them for casting Gwyneth and her mozzie bites. (She shouldn't have gotten Best Actress)</p> -
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If it had been more of this, it would have rated 6 Olivia Wilde's out of 5.<br><br><img src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/w550h500/public/wallpapers/olivia-wilde-16g.jpg?itok=XkSENEi6" alt="olivia-wilde-16g.jpg?itok=XkSENEi6"></p></blockquote>
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<p>Piss off. Shakespeare in Love was a great movie. Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench, Colin Firth as the villain, even a young Ben Affleck...I'll forgive them for casting Gwyneth and her mozzie bites. (She shouldn't have gotten Best Actress)</p>
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<p>Probably shouldn't have gotten best movie either. Elizabeth was a better film and Cate Blanchett was a better actress</p> -
<p>Hunt for the Wilderpeople.</p>
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<p>Bit of a tough one, as I mentioned the book was one of my favourites as a kid and I read it a quite a few times when I was the main characters age . The movie only borrows a few bits here and there from the book and one of the main themes -the boy being fat and having a real issue with it because as he says "fat is fatter on brown skin than white". Also the order things happen in the movie is different to the book and it could have done with more of Rima Te Wiatas character imho.</p>
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<p>Anyway the good stuff.</p>
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<p>Sam Neill , Rima Te Wiata and the kid are just superb, the boy-Julian Dennison in particular. The family of bush people are pretty good too, I was watching it thinking " I know that guy" when the father appeared , I think most people know someone pretty similar . The settings are fantastic too, the book was set in the Ureweras so I'm guessing the movie was too with cameos from the desert road area. Awesome seeing the lakes etc on the big screen.</p>
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<p>There is loads of laughs throughout, a lot of them as I point out are a bit corny. </p>
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<p>The bad</p>
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<p>My mrs elbowing me a couple of times early in the movie when Neill was talking to the boy and saying "thats you". Cheers for that.</p>
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<p>Waititis films usually have a few of NZ pop culture references and corny dad jokes in them , in this one he's gone way over the top and it's almost like he tried to cram one into every single scene .Homages to kiwi movies and ads , they just annoyed me towards the end....actually well before the end.</p>
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<p>The cyps worker was too over the top to be slightly believable as was Rhys Darbys character . I know its a comedy but they were just tedious.</p>
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<p>I haven't done a lot of pig hunting but whoever told them that was how you did has obviously never done it at all. Jumping off a bank onto a pigs back with your knife out? Ffs.</p>
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<p>And this might need a spoiler but the continuity dept will have those movie error geeks working overtime, Ricky runs away from the hut without a rifle, comes back without one, goes bush and its reappeared, it disappears again , reappears and then finally after he catches up with his uncle its on his uncles shoulder.</p>
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<p>If you have never read the book you'll probably enjoy it a lot more than I did.</p>
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<p>Talking about the book earlier in the thread I mentioned it was quite different to Crumps other ones and he was apparently a notorious plagiarist borrowing stories from people he met in his travels and his widow has come out today and said she had a hand in writing it. Thats not hard to believe , its a shame theres no actual proof though so she can be given credit where its due. <a data-ipb='nomediaparse' href='http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/78468554/barry-crumps-ex-wants-credit-for-book-that-sparked-hunt-for-the-wilderpeople'>http://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/books/78468554/barry-crumps-ex-wants-credit-for-book-that-sparked-hunt-for-the-wilderpeople</a> I'm surprised she stuck out 12 years with him, she must be as tough as old boots.</p> -
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If it had been more of this, it would have rated 6 Olivia Wilde's out of 5.<br><br><img src="http://www.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/styles/w550h500/public/wallpapers/olivia-wilde-16g.jpg?itok=XkSENEi6" alt="olivia-wilde-16g.jpg?itok=XkSENEi6"></p></blockquote>
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Holy shit! A re-quote just cause. <br><br>
She is fucking hot and has no qualms nuding up. I love her i think -
<p>Ummm... so yeah I really liked Batman v Superman and I don't get why critics are so down on it?<br>
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Yeah, Lex Luther is pretty weird in it and</p>
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<p>[spoiler]I don't get Batman's dream. Can he tell the future? How did his subconscious know Louis Lane was the key?</p>
<p>*EDIT: OK the online theory seems to be that's it's some sort of time traveling Flash/Barry Allen warning from the future.</p>
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<p>but at the end of the day Batman fights Superman and I thought it was badass.</p> -
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<p>Holy shit! A re-quote just cause.<br><br>
She is fucking hot and has no qualms nuding up. I love her i think</p>
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<p>She is quite saucy eh? I must say I have an unhealthy penchant for long socks, I'm not sure why....</p>
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<p> :man_in_love: :man_in_love: :man_in_love:</p> -
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<p>Ummm... so yeah I really liked Batman v Superman and<strong> I don't get why critics are so down on it?</strong><br>
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Yeah, Lex Luther is pretty weird in it and</p>
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<p>[spoiler]I don't get Batman's dream. Can he tell the future? How did his subconscious know Louis Lane was the key?</p>
<p>*EDIT: OK the online theory seems to be that's it's some sort of time traveling Flash/Barry Allen warning from the future.</p>
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<p>but at the end of the day Batman fights Superman and I thought it was badass.</p>
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<p>Settle down fanboi.</p>
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<p>Nah, just kidding, as I noted earlier, I clearly get while the critics are down on it while still thinking it's a watchable movie. </p>
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<p>Batman, Batfleck actually makes it watchable which is funny considering the fanboi hissy fits when he was named.</p>
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<p>You have Foxtel right? Tip for you. Vinyl (episode 6 I think). You're welcome.</p>
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<p>She is quite saucy eh? I must say I have an unhealthy penchant for long socks, I'm not sure why....</p>
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<p> :man_in_love: :man_in_love: :man_in_love:</p>
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<p>Meh. Far too skinny. Where's the fun if you could snap them in half??</p> -
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Meh. Far too skinny. Where's the fun if you could snap them in half??</p></blockquote>
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Crucial ,hate to be the one to break it to you but any woman that said that to you was trying to make you feel better . In reality she probably refers to you as needledick the bugfucker when she's talking about you to her friends on a girls night out.<br>
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Meh. Far too skinny. Where's the fun if you could snap them in half??</p></blockquote>
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<p>I finally caught up with The Dark Horse yesterday. It wasn't at all what I was expecting, which was a life-affirming biopic about a Maori bloke who became a chess champion against the odds. Instead I got an incredibly gritty movie with some truly great acting performances and a new respect for Cliff Curtis. Olivia Wilde isn't in it though, so a couple of stars off for that.</p>
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Prefer a few more curves personally, but hey, if we all liked the same thing there wouldn't be enough to go round!<br><br>
Eddie the Eagle - sounded like the lamest film ever, but actually really enjoyed it. The man was clearly tapped, but had some serious bottle - going down those jumps for the first time in his 20s. All the pros were training from about 8 so would have known no fear. -
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<p>Meh. Far too skinny. Where's the fun if you could snap them in half??</p>
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<p>the fun is in the act of snapping</p>
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<p>but also</p>
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<p>oh, and Crucial, whoever said that to you was talking about your gut, and her hips</p>
